diff --git a/lib/utils/email-formatter.ts b/lib/utils/email-formatter.ts
index 2fbf2d07..f3c1b139 100644
--- a/lib/utils/email-formatter.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/email-formatter.ts
@@ -4,84 +4,50 @@
  * This is the primary and only email formatting utility to be used.
  * All email formatting should go through here to ensure consistent 
  * handling of text direction and HTML sanitization.
+ * 
+ * IMPORTANT: This formatter is configured for English-only content
+ * and enforces left-to-right text direction.
  */
 
 import DOMPurify from 'isomorphic-dompurify';
 
-// Configure DOMPurify to preserve direction attributes
-DOMPurify.addHook('afterSanitizeAttributes', function(node) {
-  // Preserve direction attributes
-  if (node.hasAttribute('dir')) {
-    node.setAttribute('dir', node.getAttribute('dir') || 'ltr');
-  }
-  // Preserve text-align in styles
-  if (node.hasAttribute('style')) {
-    const style = node.getAttribute('style') || '';
-    if (style.includes('text-align')) {
-      // Keep existing alignment
-    } else if (node.hasAttribute('dir') && node.getAttribute('dir') === 'rtl') {
-      node.setAttribute('style', style + '; text-align: right;');
-    }
-  }
-});
-
-// Configure DOMPurify to enforce LTR for English-only content
-DOMPurify.addHook('afterSanitizeAttributes', function(node) {
-  // Always set direction to LTR for all elements
-  if (node.hasAttribute('dir')) {
-    node.setAttribute('dir', 'ltr');
-  }
-  
-  // Ensure text alignment is left-aligned for all elements
-  if (node.hasAttribute('style')) {
-    let style = node.getAttribute('style') || '';
-    
-    // Remove any right-to-left text alignment
-    if (style.includes('text-align: right') || style.includes('text-align:right')) {
-      style = style.replace(/text-align:\s*right\s*;?/gi, '');
-      style = style.trim();
-      // Add semicolon if needed
-      if (style && !style.endsWith(';')) {
-        style += ';';
-      }
-    }
-    
-    // Add left alignment if not already specified
-    if (!style.includes('text-align:')) {
-      style += (style ? ' ' : '') + 'text-align: left;';
-    }
-    
-    node.setAttribute('style', style);
-  }
-});
-
-// Clear existing hooks first
-DOMPurify.removeHook('afterSanitizeAttributes');
+// Reset any existing hooks to start clean
+DOMPurify.removeAllHooks();
 
 // Configure DOMPurify for English-only content (always LTR)
 DOMPurify.addHook('afterSanitizeAttributes', function(node) {
-  // Always set direction to LTR for all elements
-  node.setAttribute('dir', 'ltr');
-  
-  // Ensure text alignment is left-aligned for all elements
-  if (node.hasAttribute('style')) {
-    let style = node.getAttribute('style') || '';
+  // Force LTR direction on all elements that can have a dir attribute
+  if (node instanceof HTMLElement) {
+    node.setAttribute('dir', 'ltr');
     
-    // Remove any right-to-left text alignment
-    if (style.includes('text-align: right') || style.includes('text-align:right')) {
-      style = style.replace(/text-align:\s*right\s*;?/gi, '');
+    // Handle style attribute
+    if (node.hasAttribute('style')) {
+      let style = node.getAttribute('style') || '';
+      
+      // Remove any RTL-related styles
+      style = style.replace(/direction\s*:\s*rtl\s*;?/gi, '');
+      style = style.replace(/text-align\s*:\s*right\s*;?/gi, '');
+      style = style.replace(/unicode-bidi\s*:[^;]*;?/gi, '');
+      
+      // Add explicit LTR styles
       style = style.trim();
+      if (style && !style.endsWith(';')) style += ';';
+      style += ' direction: ltr; text-align: left;';
+      
+      node.setAttribute('style', style);
+    } else {
+      // If no style exists, add default LTR styles
+      node.setAttribute('style', 'direction: ltr; text-align: left;');
     }
-    
-    // Add left alignment
-    style = (style ? style + '; ' : '') + 'text-align: left;';
-    node.setAttribute('style', style);
-  } else {
-    // If no style exists, add default left alignment
-    node.setAttribute('style', 'text-align: left;');
   }
 });
 
+// Configure DOMPurify to add certain attributes and forbid others
+DOMPurify.setConfig({
+  ADD_ATTR: ['dir'],
+  FORBID_ATTR: ['lang', 'bidi']
+});
+
 // Interface definitions
 export interface EmailAddress {
   name: string;
@@ -151,13 +117,14 @@ export function formatEmailDate(date: Date | string | undefined): string {
 
 /**
  * Sanitize HTML content before processing or displaying
+ * This ensures the content is properly formatted for LTR display
  * @param content HTML content to sanitize
- * @returns Sanitized HTML
+ * @returns Sanitized HTML with LTR formatting
  */
 export function sanitizeHtml(content: string): string {
   if (!content) return '';
   
-  // Sanitize the HTML using our configured DOMPurify
+  // Sanitize the HTML using our configured DOMPurify with LTR enforced
   return DOMPurify.sanitize(content);
 }
 
@@ -180,7 +147,7 @@ export function formatForwardedEmail(email: EmailMessage): {
   const toString = formatEmailAddresses(email.to || []);
   const dateString = formatEmailDate(email.date);
   
-  // Get and sanitize original content
+  // Get and sanitize original content (sanitization enforces LTR)
   const originalContent = sanitizeHtml(email.content || email.html || email.text || '');
   
   // Check if the content already has a forwarded message header
@@ -188,7 +155,7 @@ export function formatForwardedEmail(email: EmailMessage): {
   
   // If there's already a forwarded message header, don't add another one
   if (hasExistingHeader) {
-    // Just wrap the content in appropriate styling without adding another header
+    // Just wrap the content without additional formatting
     const content = `
       <div style="min-height: 20px;"></div>
       <div class="email-original-content">
@@ -256,7 +223,7 @@ export function formatReplyEmail(email: EmailMessage, type: 'reply' | 'reply-all
   // Create quote header
   const quoteHeader = `<div style="font-weight: 500;">On ${formattedDate}, ${fromText} wrote:</div>`;
   
-  // Get and sanitize original content
+  // Get and sanitize original content (sanitization enforces LTR)
   const quotedContent = sanitizeHtml(email.html || email.content || email.text || '');
   
   // Format recipients
@@ -298,8 +265,6 @@ export function formatReplyEmail(email: EmailMessage, type: 'reply' | 'reply-all
  * COMPATIBILITY LAYER: For backward compatibility with the old email-formatter.ts
  * These functions map to our new implementation but preserve the old interface
  */
-
-// For compatibility with old code that might be using the other email-formatter.ts
 export function formatEmailForReplyOrForward(
   email: EmailMessage, 
   type: 'reply' | 'reply-all' | 'forward'
@@ -329,7 +294,6 @@ export function formatEmailForReplyOrForward(
 
 /**
  * Decode compose content from MIME format to HTML and text
- * This replaces the functionality previously in lib/compose-mime-decoder.ts
  */
 export async function decodeComposeContent(content: string): Promise<{
   html: string | null;
@@ -353,15 +317,17 @@ export async function decodeComposeContent(content: string): Promise<{
     }
 
     const parsed = await response.json();
+    
+    // Apply LTR sanitization to the parsed content
     return {
-      html: parsed.html || null,
+      html: parsed.html ? sanitizeHtml(parsed.html) : null,
       text: parsed.text || null
     };
   } catch (error) {
     console.error('Error parsing email content:', error);
-    // Fallback to basic content handling
+    // Fallback to basic content handling with sanitization
     return {
-      html: content,
+      html: sanitizeHtml(content),
       text: content
     };
   }
@@ -369,7 +335,6 @@ export async function decodeComposeContent(content: string): Promise<{
 
 /**
  * Encode compose content to MIME format for sending
- * This replaces the functionality previously in lib/compose-mime-decoder.ts
  */
 export function encodeComposeContent(content: string): string {
   if (!content.trim()) {